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Re: Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?

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Post by eatonphil »

nocoiner wrote: post #30
eatonphil wrote: post #3

Do you mean newsletters in general or do you literally only mean substack? The only newsletter I read when it comes out is Matt Levine's, I think. Or maybe I only remember this one because it comes out daily and others come out weekly or monthly. (This also isn't because I have impeccable taste but because few of the people I'd like to follow even seem to have subscriptions so I get notified about their new posts via…

I came here to ask the same question and say this. I can’t believe that Money Stuff is free.

Yeah it especially doesn't make sense since most of Bloomberg is paywalled. Even the web view of Money Stuff is paywalled I think? But the newsletter is not.

Re: Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?

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Post by rottencupcakes »

eatonphil wrote: post #31
nocoiner wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I came here to ask the same question and say this. I can’t believe that Money Stuff is free.

Yeah it especially doesn't make sense since most of Bloomberg is paywalled. Even the web view of Money Stuff is paywalled I think? But the newsletter is not.

You can’t read it reliably on the phone and it requires a paywall passer online, and recently (in may) it stopped being delivered to my inbox.

Re: Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?

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Post by no_wizard »

The Pragmatic Engineer[0]. Gergely Orosz has very pragmatic, practical advice and stories about just being a successful software engineer. He also covers the differences of working at different places, and how to suss out if a work environment is likely to be a good one

Full of great resources. Also access to a great job board. Big fan of his work thus far.

[0]: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/

Re: Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?

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Post by bgun »

epiccoleman wrote: post #15

After many years I'm still a big fan of Astral Codex Ten (previously Slate Star Codex). I don't read every single thing that comes across, but Scott does a particular weird brand of fiction now and then that I really love. I also enjoy the book reviews a lot. It's just a good hodgepodge of stuff I find interesting and I think Scott is a pretty good curator and commentator.

I read his book "UNSONG" awhile back and found it equally enjoyable to his blog writing, with the added advantage that it lasted for days.

Re: Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?

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Post by mkaic »

Noah Smith[0]. I appreciate his level-headed analysis and how he usually backs up all his claims with sources and statistics. I was never much into economics before I found his Substack, but now I read it regularly and I feel like I've learned a lot from him.

[0] https://www.noahpinion.blog

Re: Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?

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Post by nocoiner »

rottencupcakes wrote: post #32
eatonphil wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah it especially doesn't make sense since most of Bloomberg is paywalled. Even the web view of Money Stuff is paywalled I think? But the newsletter is not.

You can’t read it reliably on the phone and it requires a paywall passer online, and recently (in may) it stopped being delivered to my inbox.

I think the May thing was a glitch - I’ve continued to receive mine, but I’ve heard from at least a couple friends who stopped receiving it around then. If you want to re-subscribe, it’s still free and don’t have to deal with the Bloomberg paywall.
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